Me too. I don't normally add online repos because my internet connection is slow and it would take ages. But I tried sometimes to have packman enabled, and failed. This last time from 11.4 to 12.1 I haven't tried.
so is there an official way on how to make the install and upgrade process to recognize a locally held repo that would already be populated with crucial patches and stuff that eventually got/will have been released by the time I actually dare to do the upgrade? Interesting. It would work via local network, I think.
so seriously, the question is, can opensuse installation processes and applications make use of repositories (even local file/directories) DURING install/upgrade time? whenever I have upgraded an opensuse to opensuse+1, there is some repository summary screen that says all found repos (in the config files) have been disabled for this update/install time. was it ever considered in the workflow and algorithms of zypper, yast and rpm and whatever other parts are taking parts in this installation and upgrade procedures, that it can check its own packages packages inside the iso media AND check an additional repository area if there are any NEWER packages there and use those then instead? this somehow still fails if there is actually an rpm, yast, zypper or such tools affected which are the currently running utilities from the locked down iso image. please do elaborate how I make use of a repo WHILE upgrading/installing from the iso image (dvd/usbkey) itself. also I have many systems that dont use mere ethernet connections to some outside world that could actually fetch a remote repository live on the fly while installing or upgrading, but which are doing xdsl connections directly from this opensuse system itself, and needing the whole networkstack and pppoe or even vlan and combination of these things as a prerequisite to do any network stuff. and I have never so far observed that the installer and upgrader of opensuse would actually use and activate the network into these depths of configuration. maybe the installer and upgrader can use normal eth devices and even do dhcp or fixed lan address or so, but I doubt it can use the configuration stored inside the to-be-upgraded system and bootup its pppoe devices and stuff like that. thanks for helping. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org